Fire-grate.



No. 644,615. Patented Mar. s, |900. .1. J. Luna.

FIRE GRATE.'

(Applicatinn led Aug. 12, 1899.)

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.IOIIN JONES LONG, OF ITTABENA, MISSISSIPPI.

FIRE-GRATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 644,615, dated March 6, 1900.'

Application filed August l2, 1899. Serial No. 727,038. (No model.)

.T0 all whom it may concern:

Be tkuown that I, JOHN JONES LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ittabena, in the county of Leiiore and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Fire- Grate, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to fire-grates, and has for its object to produce a grate in which the parts are separable, so that they may be easily replaced in case they become burned out or need replacing from any cause.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-n umeral indicates a corresponding part in each of the views in which it occurs, Figure 1 is a front vieu7 of a grate embodying my invention. cal sectional view taken on the line x of Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is ahorizontal sectional View. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the side walls, and Fig. 5 is a broken detail view taken horizon- J[ally through one side of the grate-front to show the shape of the vertical groove therein.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l indicates the front wall or main frame of the grate, to which the grate or basket 2 may be secured in the usual manner, and also provided with any preferred form of entranceopening.

The side walls 3 3 of the grate are detachably secured to the rear of the front wall by means of flanged grooves or channels 4 4, one wall of which, 5, overhangs the channel to form a flange and engages with a ange 6 on the edge of the side wall. This causes the side wall to project rearwardly from the front wall at the proper angle and also holds it against movement away from the front wall. The bottom of the channel is provided with a stop 7, which engages with the bottom of the wall 3 and holds it in position relatively to the basket.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings, it will be seen that vertical ribs or enlargements A are provided at opposite sides of the entrance-opening in the front section 1 and upon the rear or inner side thereof, and it is in these ribs that the grooves 4. are formed and extend to the upper ends of these ribs, so that the said grooves may be opened at their upper ends in order to readily receive the flanges of the side sections, as will be understood. Also the ribs form a strong and Fig. 2 is a vertidurable connection between the side sections and the front, permitting of the latter being made comparatively thin and light and without impairing the strength and durability thereof.

The rear wall 8 of the grate is detachably secured between the sidewalls by means of the grooves or channels 9 9. These grooves may be formed by ledges lO or other projections, or they may be formed within the walls themselves in the usual manner. The wall 8 is inclined forwardly at the top in the usual manner to form the throat, the rear edge of each side wall being inclined to cause the inclination of the rear wall. The rear wall is held in the proper position relatively to the basket by means of the stops l1 at the bottom ofthe channels 9, only one of the stops 11 and 7 being shown in Fig. 2, the ones upon the other side being duplicates. The rear edge of the basket is held in position or fastened to the rear wall of the grate in the usual manner.

In assembling the several sections of the grate structure the opposite side sections are inserted into the grooves in the front section from the respective upper ends thereof and rest upon the stop-shoulders 7. The back 8 is then inserted in the grooves at the respective rear edges of the opposite side sections and from the upper ends thereof and are supported upon the stop-shoulders l1 at the lower ends of the grooves. Thus it Will be apparent that the back and side sections are 'supported solely by the front of the fireplace and may be readily assembled and also taken apart Without removing any fastening devices, and at the same time the several sections are fixedly connected together, so as to form a rigid structure capable of supporting the basket-grate.

The front and side Walls may be of metal, with the ianges and walls of the channels formed integral therewith or separate therefrom, as desired, and the side walls may be protected by fire-brick; but the rear wall is preferably formed from one or more pieces of fire-brick, although it may be of metal protected with the lire-brick, if desired.

By making the parts separable, as above described, the grate can be taken to pieces and packed in very compact form for ship- IOO ment and can be readily asselnbled when it is desired to put it in position in the building. In case any of the parts are destroyed or damaged by theheat from the fire within the grate or from any. other cause they can be quickly removed and a perfect part putin place.

The present manner of assembling the several sections dispenses with separate fastening devices, so that the sections are not weakcned by perforations for the reception of such fastenings, while at the same time the sections are firmly connected and may be readily assembled and taken apart.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- In an open lireplace, a front section, having an entrancebpening, and vertically-disposed ribs or enlargements located at opposite sides of the entrance-opening and upon the rear or inner side'of the section, each rib having a vertically disposed flanged groove formed therein and opening outward through the upper end thereof, and provided at its lower end with a stop-shoulder, opposite side sections having vertically-disposed lateral flanges at the front edges thereof, detachably Iitting in the respective grooves of the front section, and resting upon the stop-shoulders thereof, each side section having a vertical groove located in its inner face and adjacent to its rear edge, said groove being open at its upper end, and provided with a stop-shoulder at its lower end, and a back section, having its opposite end edges detachably fitting in the respective grooves of the opposite side sections, and resting upon the stop-shoulders thereof.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN JONES LONG.

Vitnesses:

W. MoDANIEL, ALBERT S. CROWELL. 

